Point-in-time data
Phil Factor explains why data detached from its temporal context often loses all meaning.
2016-08-15
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Phil Factor
- Interests: Motorbikes, Beer, gardening, conservation, Local history.
2016-08-01
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Delivering Rapid Improvements to SSMS
SSMS has spent years being neglected, merely being kept compatible with SQL Server and its features: But now we have, instead, the promise of monthly delivery of new functionality
2016-07-18
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2016-06-06
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Mentors and Professional Groups
When wrestling with technical problems or ideas, it is good to discuss with, argue against, present ideas to, and listen to your colleagues. This is true of anyone working in IT, but really important for the likes of database professionals who are engaged in a very rapidly-developing engineering specialism that demands that you keep up […]
2016-05-30
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The Information Schema and Cross-RDBMS Working
A look at the ODBC standard and how valuable it has been, unlike the Information Schema implementations.
2016-05-09
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A nice whistle and flute
Phil Factor recounts the most important lesson of his early IT career: try not to burst into giggles when you get to look at the client's IT system.
2016-04-25
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Hunting in Packs
Waterfall is the practice most destructive to developer productivity? Nonsense, according to Phil Factor. Lack of basic team coordination skills comes much higher in the list.
2016-04-11
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Code smells versus transgressions
The oddest SQL practices can be done deliberately for good reason, but are there any that are always wrong, that are so bad that that their use should be prohibited as a matter of policy?
2016-04-04
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2016-03-28
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Blogs
How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide
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Episode 11 of Simple Talks: Oracle
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A New Word: Mornden
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Renaming a Database
If I want to rename the OldSales database to ArchiveSales, how can I do this? (choose 2)
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